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JOHN JOSEPH RUSSELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1949 – August 2, 1970
Service recordJohn Joseph Russell, of Ironton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 77
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Ironton, Ohio (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 77
- TERRY LEE GILPINCorporal · August 2, 1970
- RUDOLPH WILLIAM GRIFFINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1970
- LESTER KINGPrivate · August 2, 1970
- TERRY STEPHEN SELLSStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALAN BOYERPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 76
From Ironton
- WILLIAM THOMAS BOWMANStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1965
- LARRY FLOYD CASTLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 28, 1966
- CURTIS RAY CRUMPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD BROWNSergeant · February 12, 1969
- JAMES ERNEST BOWMANStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT BRYANTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.